Languages: English (occasional translation is possible in Spanish, French and Portuguese).

You can participate in this course to:

Get answers and insights about the next steps for your professional life;

To heal your emotions;

as a get-away-from-it-all retreat;

As a way to meet new positive and loving friends;

As an opportunity to spend time with Sonia Indigo in the healing energies of Varkala.

If you are dreaming of becoming a Professional Massage Therapist, then this 1 month massage certification is for you!

Course Description

If you dream of a spiritually enriching profession working with massage, energetic and spiritual healing, this unique Healing Massage Certification delivered by Sonia will be perfect for you! Sonia focuses on you closely, building your confidence as a practitioner to channel healing and conduct Healing Massage Therapy sessions. Sonia guides you through step by step and as an experienced healer and massage therapist can provide you with insights and support helping you to become the masseur and therapist you wish to be.

Spend an enriching and powerful month with Sonia as she help you tune into your natural intuition using effective healing skills! You can become a Professional Massage Therapist using these tools! Sonia has many years of experience in guiding students in this area of healing. You can transform your life, increase your self-empowerment, feel and experience physical and spiritual healing, the course will open up your life to the power of these healing energies helping you to be a successful professional therapist! You will be able to not only transform your own life, but also the life of others, increasing your self confidence, experience physical and spiritual healing. Your life will feel empowered by your new knowledge and able to make your desire to heal a reality.

This course is a profound experience that helps to establish a firm foundation of inner discipline. The course is based on the traditional knowledge of Ayurveda, Thai Yoga, Swedish and Reflexology massage system in which students will be able to offer a magic experience to their clients. It is an intensive and trans-formative experience taught by a disciple of recognized international Schools. During the Massage Training Course, students will be able to develop their skills as Massage Therapists and perform a professional massage.

1 Week Course – 4 Independent levels 20h each level.

Price – 21.000 Indian Rupees / 273 euros

Private Tuition Available with the following prices for groups less than 10 participants:

From 6 to 9 students: 22.050Inr / 287 euros

From 3 to 6 students: 23.100 Inr / 300 euros

From 1 to 3 students: 24.150 Inr / 314 euros

A lovely peaceful quiet place surrounded by tropical trees and vegetation for you to heal, re
connect and empower yourself only 10 minutes walking away from the beach, shops and restaurants.

Event Highlights

Through the course of the Massage Certification, you will learn how to make a complete massage of 1h to 2h using your hands, feet, strechings and reflexology, Thai Yoga, Swedish and Ayurvedic Massage techniques. Each participant will have the opportunity to practice and receive massage as well as to practice yoga and meditation.

What to Bring: Comfortable clothes, slippers, notebooks, pens, 1 towel, 1 beach pareo or small sheet, Ayurvedic massage oil, disposable baby towels. These items can usually be purchased in the Cliff, (5 min walking) or in Varkala town,( 10 min by rickshaw).

CERTIFICATE

A professional Certificate from the Indigo Academy is awarded on successful completion of the course.

At the end of the one month Massage Course, you’ll be eligible to be a licensed Massage Therapist and you’ll receive a certificate that’s suitable for framing. This paraprofessional worldwide designation demonstrates that you’ve taken extra training to understand the physical and energetic bodies, and underscores your preparation to give Professional Healing Massage Therapies.

Venue Highlights

South India, Kerala (God’s Own Country), Varkala beach, one of the Top 10 beaches in India, rated the 3rd place by tourists, and one of the First 30 Tour Destinations in the Planet, rated 28th place among the 100 top ‘Best Value Index’ around the globe.

The main beach is Papanasam beach. The word Papanasam means washing away sins. The legend says, that to take a dip in the waters of Papanasam Beach washes away all the sins in one’s life.

Shakti Spiritual Healing Center is surrounded by silent garden with tropical trees.Facilities Included: We provide fast Wi-Fi service, shared kitchen and mineral water. Excellent location in a quiet residential area with the beach and supermarket just 10 minutes walking distance.

Optional accommodation: Shiva Garden

Amenities

Free Wifi

Towels

Free Parking

Kitchen

Yoga Studio

House-Keeping

Schedule

5 days- Anatomy, Physiology, all what you need to know about massage, how to prepare yourself and the therapy room.

5 days - Practice Part I – Full body massage made with hands.

5 days - Practice Part II– Massage made with feet, Thai yoga strechings and reflexology.

Menu Types

Vegan

Vegetarian

Ayurvedic

Organic

Gluten Free

Dairy Free

Menu/Cuisine

Delicious, healthy and vegetarian meals will be provided.

Accommodations

Accomodation in Sakti Home
Two comfortable double rooms with toilet, a terrace, and 1 dormitory with 4 beds are prepared for comfortable stay of our guests, students and patients in Shakti Home. The Center is surrounded by silent garden with tropical trees.Facilities Included: We provide fast Wi-Fi service, shared kitchen and mineral water.Excellent location in a quiet residential area with the beach and supermarket just 10 minutes walking distance.

Optional accommodation: Shiva Garden
You will stay in a shared room in the lovely serene resort Shiva Garden Homestay, you’ll be able to rejuvenate your spirit with the energy and life of this beautiful local. Enjoy the company of like-minded people, relax, rest, and learn about your healing gifts.
Located in a large private garden with a friendly, family atmosphere. Facilities include a restaurant, Wi-Fi, activity hall, therapy room, playground area, chill-out area, books for exchange and an esoteric library.

Directions

How To Get To Varkala:

After arriving to Varkala station, you can take a rickshaw (10 min, 80 to 100 Inr) to North Cliff, Shiva Garden Home Stay (next door to Akhil Resort, old Hotel Preeth).

By plane:

The nearest airport is Trivandrum International Airport. From the airport, you can reach Varkala by car, train or bus. Takes 1 h to reach.

There is also Cochin Airport, that is served by Air Asia, which is a budget airline. From Cochin to Varkala, you can take a train (4h).

By train:

Varkala is also connected by Rail Network. If coming from Trivandrum or Cochin, the better option will be coming by train. Almost all trains stop at Varkala.

By bus:

State Transport Buses are available from Trivandrum. Bus service available from Varkala to many parts of South Kerala and Kanyakumari.

Visa stuff (optional)
A visa for India is required, it's not possible to get a visa on arrival. You need to request a visa before leaving home or while traveling in the previous country.

About the
Venue and Teacher

Shakti Spiritual Healing Center's project is launched by Sonia Indigo in January of 2018 as integrative result of many years of healing and counseling practice, continuing project of International Sonia Indigo Academy, which started in 2012 in Varkala Beach, India, and offered Retreats, Courses, Workshops, Therapies, Classes in the areas of Reiki, Yoga, Meditation, Life Coaching, Astrology & Numerology, Counseling. The Academy is an abode of peace and shelter from the pressures of mundane life. It provides a safe environment for personal development and the pursuit of a spiritual path. Our world-wide students often visit India looking for a deep connection to themselves, in moments of life change, and to experience the profound spirituality of Ancient India and ancestral Yoga, Ayurveda, healing, astrology, shamanic traditions, among others.Here we offer a safe space, time, teachings, therapies and tools for the students/clients to recover from their daily life’s, look inwards and make a real inner change.We also provide for our students, clients and guests a spiritual /alternative / esoteric library for them to make their own study, advising them what could be a good book for them to read, according with their needs.OUR MISSIONTrain Skilled Professionals in the areas of Reiki, Yoga and Massage with the courses Massage Course, Reiki Workshops levels I, II, III & Master level, the Workshop For Healers.Provide tools to help students find their own truth, transform themselves and start their Life Change process, offering the Life Changing Seminar and Sacred Feminine Workshop.To help people heal, know, accept, love, nurture and improve themselves at all levels (physical, emotional, mental & spiritual), inspiring them to believe and achieve their dreams and Life Path. The Therapies available are Life Coaching Sessions, that include the following sessions: Psychotherapy & Counseling, Astrology & Numerology, Life Change & Self Transforming Process and Sacred Feminine. In the Academy you can also find therapies such as Reiki Distant Healing Sessions, Aqua-Floating Therapy and Yoga Classes and Retreats.Train Yoga beginners and advanced practitioners to do their practice by themselves and deepen their knowledge in Meditation, Yoga, Chakras, Doshas, Diet, Pranayama, Asana Benefits, during the Yoga & Meditation Classes.In Shakti Spiritual Healing Center You can undergo also one of the proposed healing programs, book the separate therapies, yoga classes, take part in workshops, as well as receive a consultation and individual healing plan appropriate to You.We offer also Reiki courses for I, II, III and Master levels, including theory, practice, initiation and certification.We speak: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian and Latvian.Programs7 days harmonizing anti-stress program include:7 Yoga classes in the morningBody work4 Reiki sessions2 Psychotherapy spiritual counseling 5 Astrology Sessions (Western, Chinese, Karmic and Mayan 1 & 2) 2 Numerology (Birth date & Name)14 days Inner Changing Program for women14 Yoga classes in the morningBody work4 Reiki sessions1 Aqua-Floating Therapy5 Astrology Sessions (Western, Chinese, Karmic and Mayan)2 Numerology (Birth date & Name)3 Psychotherapy spiritual counseling 2 days Workshop of Sacred Feminine2 days Life Changing Workshop21 days Program for Spiritual Awakening21 Yoga classes in the morningBody work4 Reiki sessions1 Aqua-Floating Therapy5 Astrology Sessions (Western, Chinese, Karmic and Mayan)2 Numerology (Birth date & Name)3 Psychotherapy spiritual counseling 3 days Workshop of Sacred Feminine2 days Life Changing Workshop4 days Reiki Levels 1 and 2 Certification (Learn to heal yourself and others)

Sonia is healing, facilitating, consulting, coaching and teaching since 2009 and shares her experience into her work and teachings gathered over 25 years of studies and practices in astrology (Mayan, Chinese, Karmic and Western), numerology, Feng Shui, massage (Swedish, Ayurveda, Thai and Reflexology), archangels, hatha yoga, meditation, reiki healing, shamanism, native women practices, womb awakening, women health and well-being, pregnancy, natural birth and parenting, tantra, Hindu, Tao and Buddhist philosophies, the law of attraction, A Course In Miracles, psychology, physiology, affirmations and key questions, aqua-floating therapy, childhood and past life regression, health, nutrition, the mind-body connection, leadership, relationships and co-dependency.Sonia combines her common sense, down-to-earth approach with depth, wildness and raw power; which are the unique signatures of her work. She facilitates at a depth where remarkable transformations, healing, and openings in women’s (and some men’s), lives are a common occurrence.

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